Food HubManagement

Professional Certificate

UVM’s Food Hub Management Professional Certificate Program—the first of its kind in the country—is an innovative blend of hands-on, community-based, online, and on-campus learning that will prepare you for effective management of food hubs and provide you with essential tools to advance your career in food systems.

Develop Essential Knowledge & Skills

Business Planning and Assessment

Market Development and Value Chain Facilitation

Product Development, Marketing, and Sales

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Processing and Distribution

Facility/Warehouse Management

HR, Staffing, and Communication

Food Safety and Risk Management

Who Should Apply?

Individuals planning to create, lead, and/or manage a food hub

Those with food hub experience and passion for a career in food systems who are looking for their next step

Professionals seeking to enhance or change their career within the sustainable food market

Staff members poised for leadership development within enterprises meeting the increasing demand for regionally sourced good food

The 2015 Food Hub Management Program is full. If you are interested in applying to next year’s program starting in January 2016, please contact us today.

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From the blog

A Tweet from Michael Pollan Leads Food Systems Student to Vermont

A tweet from best-selling author Michael Pollan changed Rex Manchester’s life. “Breakthrough Leaders Program in food systems at UVM opening enrollment for this summer,” Pollan shared on his Twitter feed. That was all it took.

Partners

High Meadows Fund

The John Merck Fund

“Promoting vibrant communities and a healthy natural environment while encouraging long term economic vitality in Vermont.”

“Starting in 2012, The John Merck Fund will spend all of its assets over the next ten years to spur progress in clean energy, environmental health, development of a New England regional food system, and treatment of developmental disabilities.”

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